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BYD Europe aims to beat Tesla & big EU automakers

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BYD has no plans to enter the US Market amid “complications’ [Feature] BYD Europe’s goals come at a time when the EU is wary of cheap Chinese electric vehicles (EVs). They are also priced lower than European EVs due to state subsidies, cheap labor in China, and robust Chinese battery supply chains.

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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

Green Car Congress

Specifically, the firm estimates US auto sales will reach just 12.7 AlixPartners also estimates that on-going unemployment and underemployment could cost the auto industry up to 1.5 million units in 2011 and only 13.6 million in 2012. million units in lost vehicle sales this year. Preventing that erosion will be key.

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2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid $249 lease tops June plug-in, hybrid, electric car deals

Green Car Reports

Although the cheap low-interest or no-interest financing deals for new vehicles have mostly gone away, as the auto industry recalibrates supply to a new coronavirus-recovery norm for demand, many of them are still good through June in the green-car sector—leading to some standout deals for electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and hybrid vehicles. (..)

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Tesla Model Y wins UK bestseller spot in March

Push EVs

HEVs and mild-hybrids are offered by manufacturers as a quick and relatively cheap way (especially in the case of mild hybrids) to improve fleet emissions, compared to ICE-only vehicles. The auto industry body, the SMMT, is forecasting the auto market to be one of the few prospective growth stories of the coming year.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce. By the 1950s, the grid was moving electricity across time zones and national borders, tying in diverse sources of supply and demand.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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When he proposes steps to improve oil industry safety, we hope he won’t say, “Let’s make sure this never happens again.” We expected it would come from higher prices or a supply disruption—we’ve all been surprised.) And oil only seems cheap. Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000.

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Wildcat ramps up its focus on EV Supercell breakthroughs

Charged EVs

Mark Gresser: Supercell is our internal name for a battery that the EV industry would love. Mark Gresser: We feel that the industry has stopped or largely ignored the continued push for a better cathode, and while we and many others are working on NMC cathodes for the EV market, there seems to be a gap beyond that.